Landscape truck rollover jams Rockland I-87 commute

10:57 AM,
Dec. 5, 2012

A rollover accident involving a landscaping truck blocks the center lanes on southbound Interstate 87, at left, just south of Exit 15A, Sloatsburg/Suffern shortly after 7 a.m. Wednesday morning in this state Thruway Authority traffic camera image. The truck spilled bags of sand and paving stones onto the roadway. The accident was cleared by 8:15 a.m. and the lanes reopened.

Written by

A landscaping truck swerving to avoid another vehicle rolled over this morning and dumped sand and paving blocks across three lanes of the New York State Thruway near Exit 15A, state police said.

The 6:35 a.m. accident blocked three of fives lanes and slowed rush-hour traffic for more than an hour as troopers detoured southbound traffic along the left shoulder and two far right lanes of the highway, police said.

All lanes were reopened by 8:15 a.m. after the Thruway Authority crew cleaned up the paving blocks and bags of sand, police said. ...